I googled " islam animal rights", Then I did a quick search on other religions.

Islam

"Conclusion
Humans are responsible for whatever they have at
their disposal, including animals whose rights must
be respected. 'Ali Ibn Abu T• alib (PBUH) says, "Be
obedient to Allah regarding His subjects and the lands
at your disposal, for you are responsible even for
the survival of animals." According to Islam, when
someone takes possession of an animal, he/she has a
responsibility for its living conditions and in case that
he/she would not accept the responsibility, it would
be the Islamic ruler's duty to obligate him/her to
observe animal rights."
- http://www.google.no/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=2&url=http://altweb.jhsph.edu/wc6/paper61.pdf&ei=Y0f0SfPMDsWC_AbS-ZXaCQ&usg=AFQjCNEoQMEVXm_GQmvYBEA6WR6tNmg_Nw&sig2=pbMb36RnJslHPm7n2x8i3g


"Judaism and Animal Rights
By: Richard H. Schwartz

Although it is not well known, Judaism has very powerful teachings about the proper treatment of animals. If Jews took these teachings seriously, they would be among the strongest protesters of many current practices related to animals."
- http://www.all-creatures.org/articles/jvanimalr.html


"Islam not only has laid down the rights for humans regardless of race, color, language and riches, but has also laid down the rights for animals. Animals, like humans are one of the creations of Allah(swt). Prophet Muhammad(saw) was not only sent as a mercy to Mankind but as a blessing to all creatures as the Quran testifies:

We sent thee not, but as a Mercy for all creatures. – "
- http://islam.thetruecall.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=296



"Christian Animal Rights Effort

If we believe that Jesus came to reconcile God's creation to God, and if we believe that by so doing, Christ is bringing creation back to its original state prior to the fall, then, it only makes sense that a Christian try to live the same way that Adam and Eve did. Does this include Nudity? Well, that's a whole other pamphlet, though Jesus did say in the Gospel of Thomas: "When you strip naked without being ashamed, and take your garments and put them under your feet like little children and tread upon them, they will see the child of the living. And you will not be afraid." (The Gnostic Scriptures trans. by Bentley Layton). Personally, we at C.A.R.E., like to keep our clothes on, however, we do not want them made out of animal products."
- http://www.all-creatures.org/care.html



Budhism
"For this very reason, Buddhism looks upon life in the universe as a totality which has by itself a right to exist unhindered, with no threats of destruction from outside to serve the needs of any single person or group, whether they be under the direction of any human or divine authority. It is reckoned that the harmonious continuance of the universe does not permit or allow of such crude and clumsy handling of mother nature. In Buddhism, in a book called the Manual of Good Living or Dhammpada, this idea is expressad as follows.

All living things fear being beaten with clubs.
All living things fear being put to death.
Putting oneself in the place of the other,
Let no one kill nor cause another to kill.

Dhammapada verse no. 129"
- http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma7/animalrights.html



"Christianity and Animal Rights: The Challenge and Promise

by Tom Regan

Tom Regan is among the foremost ethicists of our time who argue for the rights of nonhuman animals. Christians who are concerned with the liberation of the oppressed must listen to the voices of such ethicists; they must begin to hear the demand that we see the wrongfulness in the mistreatment of nonhuman animals -- a demand Regan takes to be absolute. In such a demand, so Regan insists, many Christians are faced with an individual -- and a parallel social -- choice: to live out of hypocrisy or to act for the transformation of oppressive and evil habits and institutions."
- http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=2326


"CURRENT ANIMAL RIGHTS ISSUES FROM A BUDDHIST PERSPECTIVE

Although the following guidelines for working on animal rights issues follow clearly from fundamental Buddhist teachings, they are by no means exclusively Buddhist. My hope for this conference is that many of the participants, regardless of their religious views, will wholeheartedly embrace them in their future work for animal rights.

1) We should reduce the fear, hate, and thoughts of revenge generated by the torturing and killing of animals.

2) We should not be prey to negative emotions or violence. They compound the problem. Real solutions come from changing people's minds rather than from creating confrontation and friction.

3) We should not limit our compassion to the animals and to those of like mind, but extend it to all living beings, even if we feel that some are clearly in the wrong. Compassion should be the basis of all our interactions with others, regardless of their views and actions in the area of animal rights."
- http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/BuddhismAnimalsVegetarian/Buddhism and Animal Rights.htm


"Micah Publications is The Source for Jewish Vegetarian and Animal Rights Books"
- http://www.micahbooks.com/


"Buddhism lecture supports animal rights
By Siri Carlson, Luther College Chips, April 23, 2009

Decorah, Iowa (USA) -- As both a dog-trainer and a practicing Buddhist, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion Scott Hurley combines two important aspects of his life when discussing animal rights.

In his lecture “Animal Dharma: Problematizing the Buddhist distinction between Human and Non-human Animals,” Hurley used Buddhist tradition to supplement animal rights discourse, but also used animal activism to critique certain aspects of Buddhist tradition."
- http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=62,8050,0,0,1,0


"Dalai Lama makes case for animal rights

Beerwah, Australia — With creatures great and small around him, the Dalai Lama called Wednesday for a halt to lab experiments on animals and made the case for eating only fruits and vegetables - all at the zoo of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin."
- http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/jun/14/dalai_lama_makes_case_animal_rights/

I also found some books by Andrew Linzey which may be of value in this context.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Andrew Linzey


"Some so called Christian Vegetarians are more vegetarian than they are Christian"
"Comment: This is such a silly notion it pains me to even have to dispute it. "
- http://www.wildlifedamagecontrol.net/christian.php

How many are "some", and what damage do they amount to in respect to conservation of a diverse and healthy companion animal population in the US?

Regards
oby

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